When I was 8 years old, I made a stop-motion video with LEGO. It was a Star Wars video about Chewbacca accidentally injuring General Grevious and being saved by Luke Skywalker. I was so proud of it. I never posted it online, but I wanted to make more. And so I did.

In 2010, and the age of 12, I discovered the forums of BricksInMotion.com. At that moment, my world-view got…